Evening Prayer Tuesday April 20th 2021
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Evening Prayer Tuesday April 20th 2021

Evening Prayer – Ally W reads Psalm 71 which considers a life lived with God as our refuge and stronghold – from youth to old age. Ally asks for wholeness and peace for all who suffer, in mind body and sprit. She prays that we be filled with our Lord’s compassion and remember for good...

Morning Prayer Tuesday April 20th 2021
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Morning Prayer Tuesday April 20th 2021

Naomi’s beautiful and thought-provoking Morning Prayer asks God for greater discernment – so that all that is worth knowing is revealed to us. So that we may love what is worth loving, praise what delights God most, value what is precious, reject evil, and judge rightly between things. Naomi’s own prayer is inspired by this...

Evening Prayer Monday April 19th 2021
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Evening Prayer Monday April 19th 2021

Ally W commends us to the mercy and protection of our Lord – her first Evening Prayer this week with us and Ally prays for all those who suffer pain and are distressed; may they find peace in the wounds of Christ, so that the undying love of Christ reunites all who have died in...

Morning Prayer Monday April 19th 2021
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Morning Prayer Monday April 19th 2021

Naomi leads our first Morning Prayer this week – she considers abandonment and prays that we accept God’s will and commend our souls into God’s hands. For we love God and need to surrender ourselves without reserve and with boundless confidence. Psalm 96 inspires Naomi’s prayer this morning; “O worship the Lord in the beauty...

Evening Prayer Saturday April 17th 2021
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Evening Prayer Saturday April 17th 2021

Today marks the funeral of HRH Prince Philip and we extend our deepest condolences to the Queen and the Royal Family. Laura and Amelia recite Psalm 66 and ask that our Lord hear our prayers. They consider our responsibility to care for the world we live in, because sadly through our greed we have established...

Morning Prayer Saturday April 17th 2021
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Morning Prayer Saturday April 17th 2021

Today marks the funeral of HRH Prince Philip and we extend our deepest condolences to the Queen and Royal Family. Our Vicar reads the last Morning Prayer this week and considers the Easter story and the power of redemptive love – all the truth, majesty and creativity of a living God, healing broken hearts by...

Evening Prayer Friday April 16th 2021
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Evening Prayer Friday April 16th 2021

Amelia’s Evening Prayer reflects upon today and prays to our Lord of the battle – that when we stand amongst many who face injustice and yet feel alone in resistance, when we raise our voices in protest yet our voices feel overwhelmed by so much suffering – that we find and follow the path that...

Morning Prayer Friday April 16th 2021
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Morning Prayer Friday April 16th 2021

Revd. Liz recites Psalm 57; “In the shadow of your wings will I take refuge, until the storm of destruction has passed by.” Liz prays to our Lord who protects us and weeps with us, as we mourn those we love who have died during this pandemic. She raises prayers to Christ who heals our...

Evening Prayer Thursday April 15th 2021
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Evening Prayer Thursday April 15th 2021

Laura prays to Christ our Alpha and our Omega – the one who is, and was, and who is to come. She asks for clarity of vision and understanding, and God’s strength to disperse the fog of worldly confusion and distraction, so that nothing may ever come between us and God – tonight’s Evening Prayer.

Morning Prayer Thursday April 15th 2021
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Morning Prayer Thursday April 15th 2021

Our rector Liz leads our joyful Morning Prayer – she thanks our Lord for all of our ‘desert’ experiences, when being confronted with ourselves makes us realise how much we need God when alone and tempted to do wrong. Liz considers the resurrection and prays that the sparks cast by Christ’s love, dance and burst...